1. By: Nicole, Chloe,
Wesley, Katie

2.  Main job is to make laws.
 Bicameral legislature (2 houses in legislature),
made of Senate and House of Representatives.
 Sessions run for 2 years and start on January 3rd
of odd numbered years. As of today (January 3rd,
2013) congress is in it’s 113th Congressional
Session.

3.  435 members. Number of representatives
from each state is based on population.
 Terms are 2 years with no term limit.
 Qualifications:
1. Must be at least 25 years old
2. Must be citizen for at least 7 years
3. Must live in state/district they
represent
 North Carolina has 13
representatives.

4.  100 members. 2 from each state.
 6 year term with no limit.
 1/3 of the Senate is elected every 2 years to
provide stability in congressional leadership
positions.
 Qualifications:
1. 9 years as a U.S. Citizen
2. At least 30 Years old
3. Live in the state/district you represent
 Voters directly vote for U.S. senators,
stated in the 17th ammendment

5.  Delegated/Expressed/Enumerated
 ImpliedPowers (Deemed “necessary and
proper” through elastic clause.)
 Others
Examples:
Power to tax
Declare war
Regulate Commerce and Currency

6.  Begin Impeachment Process
 Elect President/Vice President if no candidate
receives majority of votes.
 Originate all appropriation/tax/money bills
Serve as jury for Impeachment Process.
Ratify treaties
Approve/reject presidential appointments

7.  Over Executive Branch:
Override presidential veto, impeach
president, reject/approve
appointments, reject/approve treaties.
 OverJudicial Branch:
Impeach judges, reject/approve treaties

8.  Made up of President, Vice President,
Cabinet, and Large Bureaucracy.
 Main job is to enforce laws.
President, Vice President, Cabinet

9. Qualifications:
 Must be at least 35 years old.
 Natural born U.S. Citizen
 Must live in U.S. for 14 years.
Term:
 Only 2 terms allowed (22nd Amendment) or a total
of 10 years as president.
 Same qualifications as the President
 Leader of the Senate
 All responsibilities come from the president
 Term is 4 years but there are no term limits, however no one has
been Vice President more than once.

10. 1. Vice President
2. Speaker of the House
3. President Pro Tempore
4. Secretary of State
5. Secretary of Treasury
6. Secretary of Defense
7. All the way down the executive departments in the
order of creation.

11.  Chief Executive: Carry out the
laws of the nation
 Chief Legislative Leader: Approves
/vetoes laws, suggests legislation to
congress, and prepares federal budget.
 Chief Diplomat: Appoints ambassadors to other
countries, makes treaties (needs approval from
senate), and executive agreements
 Chief Judicial Leader: Appoints
federal judges, grants amnesty,
pardon, and reprieves.

12.  Chief of State: Symbolic
or ceremonial position,
represents U.S.
 Party Leader: Most visible and
influential member of political
party.
 Commander in Chief: Leader of the
military, War Power Act allows
President to move troops to foreign
countries for up to 60 days.

13. Over Legislative Branch: Veto legislation passed
by Congress.
Over Judicial Branch: Appoint federal judges

14.  Job is to interpret laws passed by Congress
and actions of the executive branch.
 Consists of Supreme Court and other federal
judges.
 Term is for life.
 Supreme Court is made of one Chief Justice
and eight Associate Judges.

15.  Federal District Court (94): Have original jurisdiction
(over specific geographical area) and is the only court
that has trial by jury.
 Federal Court of Appeals (12): Have appellate
jurisdiction (authority to hear the case on an appeal from
a lower court) only over several states and have a panel
of 3 judges to make sure rights weren’t violated by lower
court.
 Supreme Court (1): Jurisdiction is the entire U.S. and its
territories.

16. Over Legislative Branch:
Can declare laws passed by congress
unconstitutional.
Over Executive Branch:
Declare acts of president unconstitutional.
Judicial Review (the ability to determine if an
action of the president or law passed by
Congress is constitutional) was established by
the case Marbury vs Madison

17. How a Bill Becomes a Law
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxT7QjlvDqM
3 Branches of Government
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5M50xBz1cU